The Ballinamore and Drumreilly Lower Parish Pastoral Council invites you to a St. Padre Pio Healing Mass in St. Patrick’s Church, Ballinamore, on Thursday evening, 25 May 2023, at 7:00p.m. Fr. Bryan Shortall OFM Cap., National Director of Padre Pio Ministry in Ireland, and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap. will attend. Blessings will take...

 KILMORE CARE OF CREATION COMMITTEE Inspired by LAUDATO SI’, the Encyclical Letter written by Pope Francis ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME –    Join the No Mow May Movement Today! Connect with Nature and Protect the Planet and Humanity! When we speak of the “environment”, what we really mean is a relationship existing between nature...

    Five priests from around Ireland share how they followed their vocation in this 15 minute video, which was beautifully made by the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother at the petition of the National Vocations Office (an office within the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference) for the Year for Vocations to the...

As we approach Good Shepherd Sunday (Vocations Sunday), The Office of the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland offers a Synodal Sunday Reflection from Fr Conor McGrath of the Diocese of Down and Connor in which he reflects with palpable joy on vocation, prayer, and the risen Christ while greatly encouraging to us...

The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=34

Message from Bishop Martin: I write to encourage you to join in the March for Life in Dublin on May 1st 2023. It is an opportunity for pro-life advocates from around the country to gather in a family-friendly event to stand up for life in response to the availability of abortion. Now more than ever,...

The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=33

On this Third Sunday of Easter we hear the very familiar story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus when they encounter, but do not recognise the risen Lord. Janet Forbes, the youth director in the Archdiocese of Armagh and member of the Irish Synodal Pathway’s Task Group, re-tells this story through Diego Velázquez’s...

Please see attached digital poster which concerns the first of what The Hook of Faith Initiative in the Diocese of Ferns hopes will be a series of Zoom meetings to mark ‘Taking the Risk for Christ’ – the Year of Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood that begins on Vocations Sunday 30 April 2023. The first...

A Synodal Sunday reflection for Divine Mercy Sunday is now available at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l02Xbs-pPu8 This week, Sharon Dunne, a pastoral worker in the Archdiocese of Armagh reflects on Thomas’ doubt. How Jesus, in his love and mercy, meets Thomas exactly where Thomas is at in his life at that moment. She also reflects on...